Western Australian Consolidated Acts Where a person is
appointed or designated as an officer, medical officer of health,
environmental health officer, inspector or public health officer under
section 6 or 7, as the case requires, for the purposes of an Act to
which this Act applies or for any provision of such an Act all the
powers and duties conferred or imposed on holding such an appointment or
having such a designation by this Act or by an Act to which this
Act applies or by a provision of such an Act may be exercised and
shall be carried out by the person so appointed or designated and any order or
direction given by such a person acting in pursuance of any such power or duty
shall have effect accordingly.
[Section 8 amended by No. 57 of 1997
s. 69.]